Bolt for doors, gates, etc.



1 Oct 16, 927 BOOTH BOLT FOR DOORS, GATES, ETC

Filed Sept. 2. 1925 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BOOTH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOLT FOR DOORS, GATES, ETC.

Application filed September 2, 1925. Serial No, 53,989;

This invention relates to improvements in bolts for doors, gates, etc., and has for its object to provide a bolt that will not drop' down when raised and will remain in whatever position it is placed.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my 1nvention applied to a door, and showing the bolt in the raised position. 7 K

Figure 2 is an edge View of Figure l, and showing the bolt in the lowered position.

Figure 3 is a detail section of the bolt taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail plan view of the bowed spring. 7 I

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates the base plate hav ng apertures for the reception of the screws 2. Near each end of the base plate 1 is a bearing 3 in which the bolt 4 is slidably fitted. The said bolt 4 is provided with a handle 5 on its upper end by means of which it is raised or lowered, and a laterally projecting pin 6 which limits the upward and downward movement of the said bolt 4. Betweenthe bolt 4 and the base plate 1 is a bowed spring i 7 having its end-s cut away at 8 to fit into the bearings 3 and prevent movement of said spring.- The said bowed spring 7 normally exerts its pressure against the bolt 4 and holds the latter in any position in which it may be set, thereby preventing the said bolt 4 from falling down when raised, or in case it is used at the top of adoor, from falling when bolted. The socket 9 can be set in cement at the point where the bolt strikes when the door is closed, and also one can be set at a point to receive the end of the bolt 4 when the door is opened, to hold the latter in the opened position,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

The combination of a base plate having a number of apertures near the edge there of, a bearingon each end of said base plate, a bolt slidably mounted in said bearings, a pin projecting from the side of said bolt to limit the movement of the latter in said ings to hold it securely in position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DAVID BOOTH. 

